Bag frame



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BAG FRAME.

Application filed. December 14, 1922. Serial No, 606,785.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO TUEcKMANTnL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, inthe county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Bag rames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bag structures as used bytravellers 1n conwholly and completely obscured when the bag isclosedand which holds the bag fully open when distended.

Another object is to provide a bag frame that, when covered andassembled in the bag, blends into its contour in a particularly gracefuland harmonious manner, the frame elements being substantiallyindistinguishable from the bag covering.

A further aimis in the provision of a novel type of bag frame,possessing rigidity and strength combined with'simplicityand lightness,which can be economically constructed and assembled to present an exceptionally neat and attractive structure.

These and other like aims, objects and purposes, which will becomeapparent as the description proceeds, are attained by the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafterdescribed and shown in the accompanying, drawings, forming a materialpart ofthis disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of abag made in accordance with the invention, the same being shown in aclosed position.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, looking from the opposite sideof the bag when in an open position.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bag frame looking fromits lower or inner side when distended or open.

Figure 4: is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on line 4-4 ofFigure 3, as covered with the bag material.

Figure 5 is a similar sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken through the frame elementswhen folded and prior to covering.

A conventional type of bag is shown in Figures 1 and 2, the sameresembling the well known Gladstone pattern, and being comprised;ofside. and end walls, respectlvely l5 and. 16,-, having between'them 'abottom and being lined as at 17 and 1,8,the

structure, being of the usual rectangular shape, provided with weltediseamed -edges and reenforcedlower corners.

i A handle 19 is. provided on one side frame member, below which is alock 20 andslide bolts. 21 near the endsare adapted to engage wlthmating elements 22 on the; other,

opposite frame member, which further provided with a pull 23. as shown,theseparts being of the usual'construction. The invention resides inthe. frame, best shown in assembled relation, clear of the bag material,inFigure 3 and particularly inthemanner of attaching the side and endalls as hereafter explained.

One of these frame members 24: consists of a flat metallic stripv ofuniform width, equal in length to the. interior of the bag and providedwith suitable openings (not shown); forengaging the handle, lock andslide bolts.

A second strip:25, relatively narrower and corresponding in length withthe first, is

disposed at a right angle therewith, there.

being an intervening space 26, said strips being held in rigid relationby a plurality of angularly bent clips 27 riveted; respec tivelytotheundersidegof. the strip 24 and outerside of strip 25, passing throughthe space as shown. I

frame. member consists of; a

The oppos te like strip 28, approximately one-third the;

width of the corresponding element 245.

At a right angle to the element 28 is another strip 30, opposite theelement 25 and having an outturned longitudinal flange 31 forreenforoing purposes, the strips 28 and ICE...

30, like the preceding pair being held in rigid relation by clips 32passing through the intervening space 33 and are similar in shape anddisposition to the clips 27, the outermost pairs of clips being at theextreme ends of the frame members.

Securely fixed to the inneradjacent surfaces of the elements 25 and 30,at their ends, are forked brackets 34 carrying pivots 35 on which aremounted, between the forks, the outer ends of pairs of channel shapedend elements 36 and 37 of equal length, each pair being connected by ahinge joint 38 which permits folding in one rection to close the frame,but resists pressure in the opposite direction, permitting theseelements to be extended at right angles to the side members only, or tofold closely adjacent when closed, to completely disappear, beingconcealed within the walls of the bag, the length of the paired endelements controlling the width of the bag opening.

Said end elements are completely enveloped by the bag material as shownin Figure 2, the lining being entered between the lap of the materialand secured by a row of stitches 39.

The wider side frame member, as shown in Figure 5, has its severalelements enveloped in a separate covering 40 held by a 45, its ends 46being held between the bag a wall and lining by the row of stitches 47.It is to be understood that the axes on which the side frames turn areseparate and horizontal, being at variable heights along the verticalside walls of the bag and not in a median plane therebetween as iscustomary in common types of like bags.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a strong bag of particularlypleasing appearance has been produced and in which the folding frame iswholly and completely obsoured when the bag is in a closed position, thewalls of the bag blending smoothly with the covering of the frameelements so that the same are practically indistinguishable.

While certain preferred embodiments of this device have been shown anddescribed, it will be understood that changes may be made in itsconstruction, without the exercise of invention, or conflicting with thescope of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure byv Letters Patent, is

1. A hand bag comprising the combination with a flexible bag bodycapable of being fully opened'at the top, and a folding frame whollycontained within the bag body near the edges of the side and end wallsadj acent the top, said frame consisting of togmembers each constructedof two elements placed at an angle with each other, said.

last mentioned elements being spaced from and attached to each other,the flexible bag body being secured adjacent said space.

2. A hand bag comprising thecombination with a flexible bag body capableof being fully opened at the top, and a folding frame wholly containedwithin the bag body near the edges of the side and end walls adjacentthe top, said frame consisting of toggle elements at the ends thereof,and side members each constructed of two elements placed at an anglewith each other, said last mentioned elements being spaced from andattached to each other, said toggle elements secured to the side membersbelow the space.

3. A hand bag frame consisting of toggle elements at the ends thereof,and side members each constructed of two elements placed at an anglewith each other, said last mentioned elements being spaced from and at--tached to each other, said toggle elements secured to the side membersbelow the space.

This specification signed and witnessed this 13th day of December, 1922.

HUGO TUECKMANTEL.

Witnesses: I FREDK C. FIsoHnR, FERDINAND Now.

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